Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2098, Uriah Goodwin, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental Mass.
Goodwin Uriah Esther
W 2098 B.L. Mt. 17.879-160-55
CONTENTS

142.270 - Act Mar 3/50
May 21/53
Esther Goodwin widow of Abiah Goodwin mlt
Private
Col. Crane
Wap Line
Revolutionary War
Ms. 1.7.6
Pensioner
Map Feb 53-813
Ad. 160 acs Feb 29/56
Dr. Dep
11/18
Thomas Campbell Boston Mass
Vol. G. 95.

Massachusetts, Esther Goodwin, widow of Uriah, Esther's
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a privat of artillery ,  Massachusetts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 27 th day of June 1853. and sent to
Thomas Campbell, Boston,  Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 40 Vol. 4

13.992 P
Massachusetts
Uriah Goodwin
of Burlington in the state of Mass. who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Two years War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of June 1818 and sent to John W. Davis Esq. Boston Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819.  85.83    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48.00    10 Mo. \frac{18}{30}  \frac{4}{31}   $133.83  
Continued { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }    85.83    diff between In. & Ex 23.20    Reg Pen from $ 62.03    Apr 13. to March 1. 1819.  

New forclusion-certificate issued 22 May 1826, and sent to S. J. Prescott, Boston, Mass.
See letter Oct 22, 1839, L. R. Baldwin - same Oct 31 1839.
Notation in ink, P. 2 1826 Mrs. Anna P. the 26th.

New pension-certificate issued 22 May 1826, and sent to S. J. Prescott, Boston, Mass.
See letter Oct. 22, 1839, to D. Baldwin - same Oct. 31, 1839.
Notice of the death of S. J. Prescott Oct. 22, 1839. See letter of same date.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Suffolk County.
On this twelfth day of April in the year eighteen hundred fifty three, before me, Edward G. Loring, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, personally came Esther Goodwin aged seventy years who being duly sworn, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853.
That she is the widow of Uriah Goodwin, who was a soldier during the revolutionary war, and served nine months in 1778, nine months in 1779, and in April 1781 enlisted from that part of Woburn now called Burlington, for 3 years and served to the close of the war in Col. Cramers Regiment of Artillery, - which is more fully set forth in his own declaration on file in the pension office (having received a pension under the act of 1818).
She further declares that she was married to the said Uriah Goodwin in Burlington, Oct 16, 1830 by Rev. Samuel Sewall, that her name before her said marriage was Esther Dean. — That her said husband died March 13, 1832, and that she still remains his widow.
{ Esther X Goodwin. her mark
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me

Witness the seal of the Probate Court hereunto affixed, the day & year before written.
Edw. G. Loring
Judge Probate.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Suffolk County.
I Edward G. Loring, Judge of Probate for said County hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to me that Uriah Goodwin was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96 per annum, that he died March 13, 1832, that he left a widow, Esther Goodwin, who is now living and remains his widow.
I do hereby certify Witness the seal of the Probate Court hereunto affixed this ninth day of April 1853.

Goodwin, Uriah
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pensions returned by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Feb'y 28, 1790 and printed in the American State Papers, Class 9, page 162.
Rank, Private.
Regt; 15th Massachusetts, Col. Duglass's; Capt. Houdin's comp'y.
Disability, Wounded by a musket ball, which entered his left breast, and came out near the spine.
When and where disabled; January, 1780, White Plains.
Residence; Bedford.
For what pension entitled. On fourth.
Remarks; Enlisted July 19, 1779; discharged April, 1780.
Evidence complete.

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Goodwin, Uriah
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 63
Rank: Private
Regt. : 15
Disability: Wounded by a musket ball which passed through his body, at the White Plains in 1780.
Date of commencement: October 15, 1792
Monthly allowance: $ 1.66 2 / 3
Arrears due: $30.

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July 27, 1906
St. J. L.

Goodwin, Uriah
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 110
Rank : Private
Regt : 15 th Massachusetts
Disability : Wounded by a musket ball, which passed through his body.
When and where disabled : January, 1780, White Plains.
Residence : Bedford.
Monthly allowance : $1.66 2 / 3
Arrearages : $30
Remarks : Enlist. July 19, 1779, for 9 months; time of discharge not mentioned.

2.
Uriah Goodwin
18992
Bedford
June 17
Con
Con

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820.
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Uriah Goodwin resident in
Wexford in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 13. 992 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Uriah Goodwin late a
Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the
"Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight
"dollars per month, to commence on the thirteenth / day of
April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  " 1 case of drawers . . . . . $3 00   1 pine Chest . . . . . 1 -   7 pine Table . . . . . 1 50   8 Chair . . . . . 4 -   1 Churn . . . . . 0 50   1 Cheese press . . . . . 1 -   1 lot of cedar Barrels . . . . . 3 00   1 meat Barrel . . . . . 0 50   2 Pails . . . . . 0 75   2 Tubs . . . . . 0 50   1 brass Kettle . . . . . 4 -   1 iron Pot . . . . . 1 00   1 iron Kettle . . . . . 0 75   1 iron Spider . . . . . 0 50   1 tea Kettle . . . . . 0 50   1 pr iron Dogs . . . . . 0 50   1 flat Iron . . . . . 0 75   Blanket & Pouches . . . . . 1 00   26 00   26 65 

  Aunt brot over $25. 65.   1 pewter Platter 0 50   Other Pewter 1 00   Glass ware 1 --   Earthen & Crockery ware 3 --   1 Looking Glass 0 50   Tin ware 0 75   1 Iron bar 1 00   2 Axes 2 --   1 Shovel 0 50   1 Hoe 0 25   1 pitch Fork 0 20   1 wheel Barrow 1 00   1 Grind stone 50   2 Baskets 75   1 woolen Wheel 1 00   1 bread Trough 0 50   $37. 80 
The said Goodwin further states, that his family consists of himself & wife & two children under the age of twenty one year, who make his house their home but are living out the principal part of the time, his age is sixty one his wife's age fifty six his sons age fourteen his daughters age sixteen his occupation, that of a labourer, the said Goodwin further states that he is unable to work at hard labour in consequence of a wound in his left breast occasioned by a musket ball, passing thro' between his left breast and shoulder while in the service in the year 1780 at the skirmish at Youngs Tavern near White Plains.
The said Goodwin further states, that he enlisted into the service during the Revolution in June 1778 for nine months, was attached to Cap t Smiths company Col. Stuyvesant Regiment was discharged at the end of said nine months, that he again enlisted in the month of June or July 1779 for nine months longer was attached to Cap t Bradbury Company Col. Becketts Regiment was discharged

at the end of said nine months, that he again enlisted in the month of April 1781 for three years was attached to Capt Vose's company of Artillery Col John Cram Regiment was stationed the principal part of the time at West Point and was honourably discharged at the close of the war
Uriah Goodwin
Sworn to before W m Wetmore Judge of said Court
and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, Uriah Goodwin do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Uriah Goodwin
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Uriah Goodwin took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
W m Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty seven dollars & eighty cents
(Signature)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
(Signature)

No 387 Uriah Goodwin Burlington, Mass. Continental Soldier
Colonel's Regt. Mass. Line.
From July 1701 to Decr 22 d 1703.
say, 2 Years 4 months.
Admitted
Wanted, the Certificate of the Surgeon that application, in his ledger, is in red ink "circumstances in life, &c."

United States of America.
State of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. Boston April 1818
I, Uriah Goodwin of Burlington citizen of the United States, now resident at said Burlington in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath, declare, that I served, in the War of the Revolution, the full term of time required by a Law of the United States, made and passed in the month of March, A. D. 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," as requisite to entitle me to be placed on the pension list of the said United States, having entered the Land service of the said United States, on the Continental Establishment, and served as a private Soldier against the common enemy; from June 1778 until March 27th 1779, when my time of enlistment having expired I was honourably discharged, having served on the occasion nine months on the Continental Establishment. That I belonged to Capt. Lane's Company, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nixon Regiment and in the Massachusetts Lines. About July 1781 I again enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Vose, the Regiment commanded by Col. Crane, called the Massachusetts Artillery Regiment, and served till the 22 d day of December 1783, when I was in the State of New York, and then also received an honourable discharge. I also served nine months on the Continental Establishment in the Mass'ts Line in Capt. Howland's Company, Col. Trimbel's Regiment. I enlisted in June or July 1779 & left the service with an honourable discharge about April 1780, during this period I was severely wounded. My discharge was delivered to the late Judge Lound, Dist. Judge of the Massachusetts District for the purpose of procuring my pension, in consequence of said wound. And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the said United States, if any may be, or hath been, so allowed. — And I further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support.
Uriah Goodwin
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Uriah Goodwin by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M. D. Dyer, District Judge U. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M. D. Dyer, Judge of the District Court U. Massachusetts District.

United States of America.
State of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. Boston April 1818
I, Uriah Goodwin of Burlington citizen of the United States, now resident at said Burlington in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath, declare, that I served, in the War of the Revolution, the full term of time required by a Law of the United States, made and passed in the month of March, A. D. 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," as requisite to entitle me to be placed on the pension list of the said United States, having entered the Land service of the said United States, on the Continental Establishment, and served as a private Soldier against the common enemy; from June 1778 until March 27th 1779, when my time of enlistment having expired I was honourably discharged, having served on the occasion nine months on the Continental Establishment. That I belonged to Capt. Lane's Company, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nixon, Regiment and in the Massachusetts Line. About July 1781 I again enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Vose, the Regiment commanded by Col. Crane, and that I left the service called the Massachusetts Artillery Regiment, and served till the 22nd day of December 1783, when I was in the State of New York, and then also received an honourable discharge. Also served nine months on the Continental Establishment in the Mass'ts Line in Capt. Howland's Company, Col. Fitch's Regiment. I enlisted in June or July 1779 & left the service with an honorable discharge about April 1780, during this period I was severely wounded. My discharge was delivered to the late Judge South, Dist. Judge of the Mass'ts. I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the said United States, if any may be, or hath been, so allowed. And I further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support.
Uriah Goodwin
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Uriah Goodwin subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A. B. together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M Davis } Judge of the District Court U. Massachusetts District.

United States of America.
State of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. Boston April 1818
I, Uriah Goodwin of Burlington citizen of the United States, now resident at said Burlington in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath, declare, that I served, in the War of the Revolution, the full term of time required by a Law of the United States, made and passed in the month of March, A. D. 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," as requisite to entitle me to be placed on the pension list of the said United States, having entered the land service of the said United States, on the Continental Establishment, and served as a private Soldier against the common enemy; from June A. 1778 until March 27 th 1779, when my time of enlistment having expired I was honourably discharged, having served on the occasion nine months on the Continental Establishment. That I belonged to Capt. Lane's Company, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Nixon, Regiment and in the Massachusetts Line. About July 1781 I again enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Vose, the Regiment commanded by Col. Crane, and that I left the service called the Massachusetts Artillery Regiment, and served till the 22 d day of December 1783, when I was in the State of New York, and then also received an honourable discharge. I also served nine months on the Continental Establishment in the Mass'ts Line in Capt. Hoadley's Company, Col. Fitch's Regiment. I enlisted in June or July 1779 & left the service with an honourable discharge about April 1780, during this period I was severely wounded. My discharge was delivered to the late Judge South, Dist. Judge of the Massachusetts Dist. for the purpose of procuring my pension, in consequence of said wound. And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the said United States, if any may be, or hath been, so allowed. — And I further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support.
Uriah Goodwin
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the abovenamed Uriah Goodwin and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence.
M c David Dist. Judge Main Dist.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 18, 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Silas Cutter was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
1421271 in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Wing
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex County.
On this fifth day of May 1855 personally came before me Esther Goodwin who being duly sworn deposes & says that she is the widow of Uriah Goodwin who was a soldier during the War of the Revolution for more than three years. And that she is now a pensioner of the United States on account of said services at the rate of $100 per annum under act of February 3. 1853, to the papers filed with her application for which she now refers, and that she is now a widow. That neither she nor her said husband ever received or applied for bounty land for any other service.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty lands to which she may be entitled under act of March 3. 1855 & pray the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Thomas Campbell Boston Mass.
State of Massachusetts } G. Cutler Middlesex County, ss } Justice of the Peace her Esther Goodwin Mark
We George Gleason & Susan W. Cutler Residents of Arlington in S. County, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Esther Goodwin in our presence, & we know her to be the person she represents herself to be.
George Gleason Susan W. Cutler

The within affidavit & declaration were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day, day and year first within written. and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons & that I know the claimant to be the person she represents herself.
Giles Coulter Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 21 st 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Nathan Blanchard was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Edw. D. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex Town of Burlington.
(a) From the Records of Marriages.
"October twenty sixth eighteen hundred & thirty, Mr Uriah Goodwin to Mrs Esther Dean."
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:— (b)
"Oct. 26. 1830."
Samuel Sewall, Town Clerk.
I, Samuel Sewall above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Samuel Sewall
} Town Clerk of Burlington
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this eighth day of April A.D. 1853
Nathan Blanchard
Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record. —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex County.
I Samuel Sewall being duly sworn depose and say, that in the year 1830 as minister of the gospel in Burlington, I solemnized the marriage of Mr Uriah Goodwin and Mrs Esther Dean, - That I well knew the said Uriah, who as I believe was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and who died about twenty years ago - That Mrs Esther Goodwin who now applies for a revolutionary pension, is the same person whom I married as aforesaid, that I have known her from the time of said marriage, and that she remains the widow of the said Uriah Goodwin. Samuel Sewall.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this eighth day of April 1853.
Nathan Blanchard Justice of the Peace

Uriah Goodwin
W. 2098
Mars.

I hereby certify that Uriah Cadwine a nine months man in Capt Jones Company Colo. Nixons Regt has served his time out and is hereby discharged from the service
Recorded in Book A April 11 th 1879 G. A. [Signature]
Bill March 27 1879
Calvin Smith Lt. Col.
A

Justices of the Peace in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and made Oath that he is the same Uriah Goodwin expressed and named in an Act of Congress passed the 20th Day of April, 1796, entitled, "An Act authorising and directing the Secretary of War to place certain Persons, therein named, on the pension List;" and that he thereby is entitled to one Dollars and Cents per Month; that he now resides in the Town Bedford County of Middlesex previous to which he resided in the Town of Woburn and County aforesaid
10th 1808
Goodwin, Uriah Cont - Mass W 3093

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR GENERAL K N O X,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Wrah Godwin in the Massachusetts Artillery Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the Twentyfourth Day of December 1783
By the General's Command,
HN M c Lean
Recorded in Book A. April 11 th 1818 S. H. M c Not. Public Boston
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Sam l Cooper Adjut.
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Massachusetts
Esther Groom widow of Uriah who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private of Artillery
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the day of June 1853
and sent to
Mrs. Mary Hall Esq. Boston, Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 40 Vol. A
Act 3. Feb. 1853

no. 1205 App. of Esther
Goodwin widow of
Uriah
Suffolk Co
Mass
0.19
Act 3 d Feb 1853
Rev.:
Admitted $100 per
Annum, Commencing 3 d Feb 1853.
Th. Campbell
Boston
Mass:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Miss Garrison
San Carlos
May 22nd
San Francisco
Washington
Secretary of War
The Honorable James Garfield
To
Pension Office.

The Honorable The Secretary of War, Washington -
Boston, Mass t , May 15. 1826
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the printed directions, transmitted by Mr. Edwards of the Pension Office to the care of Mr. Prescott, for my government in applying for a new pension certificate, instead of that which I had lost; and I now enclose the testimony drawn up & authenticated, with the proper evidence of identity, according to those printed directions.
Presuming that I have now done every thing which the Honorable Secretary will require, and being in very great & immediate need of my pension, which I was deprived of the power of obtaining on the 1 st of last March, in consequence of the loss of my old pension certificate, I am under the necessity of most earnestly requesting the favour, Sir, that my new pension certificate may be made out and forwarded to the care of S r J. Prescott Esq. of Boston, Massachusetts, as soon as it can possibly meet the convenience of the Department.
With great respect,
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Yr. most obed t servant,
Ulrich Goodwin

1826 Suffolk ss. City of Boston May 16 th I hereby certify that Mr. Ulrich Goodwin, who is to me well known, this day subscribed the within letter in my presence, and at the same time acknowledged & declared the truth thereof before me - and in testimony thereof hereunto set my hand & affix my seal of Office at said Boston the day & year aforesaid
Sam l J. Prescott Notary Public of First Place & Quorum
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Application for a new certificate.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Suffolk ss.
On this sixteenth day of May, 1826, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Suffolk, personally appeared Uriah Goodwin of Bedford, in said Commonwealth, who on his oath, declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Thomas Vose, in the regiment com- manded by Colonel John Crane, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts; that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the twentieth day of September 1825, at or near the City of Boston, in said State, he lost from his pocket.
Uriah Goodwin
Suffolk ss. Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid -
S. J. Prescott Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Suffolk ss. City of Boston —
On this sixteenth day of May, 1826, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Suffolk, personally appeared Mr. Solomon Twist of the City aforesaid, who is to me well known, and on his solemn oath declared, that he is well acquainted with the within named Abiah Goodwin, who has sub- scribed his name to the within affidavit, (having been born in the same town with him, & having been much acquainted with him ever since they were chil- dren,) and that he well knows him to be the same person who is described in the within affidavit. Solomon Twist
Suffolk ss. Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid — and I do hereby certify that the above signed Solomon Twist, the deponent, is a person of veracity. —
J. Prescott Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. Boston -
In testimony & in confirmation that Samuel J. Prescott Esquire, before whom the two aforegoing Affidavits, on the two preceding pages, were made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths &c. in said County of Suffolk, and that the name of S J Prescott subscribed to each of the same appears to me to be in his own proper handwriting & his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County Seal, and subscribed my name & quality, at Boston aforesaid, this sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six. —
W m C. Sylvester, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for Suffolk County.

Ms. B. 2. 2. 25 Jan 1 1854 Ms. B. 2. 2. 25 Jan 1 1854
The Hon. James Barbour Secretary of War Washington Pension Office.

The Hon. the Secretary of War, Boston, Mass., April 1 st 1826 Washington -
Sir,
I am a Revolutionary pensioner, under the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 &c. and have been so unfortunate as to lose my pension Certificate, which I believe was numbered 13,992, & was received by me, as well as I can now recollect, about a year after the date of the act of March 1818 aforesaid. I live in Bedford, Massachusetts, where I have lived for about thirty years past, & having been a private in the Massachusetts Line, my name is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at eight dollars per month. I have therefore to request the favour, Sir, that a new pension certificate may be made out in my name & sent to me as soon as can possibly meet your convenience, as in consequence of the loss of my pension certificate as aforesaid, I am not able to obtain my pension which became payable to me on the 1 st of last month, & which I have now come to this City to receive, but learn from the pension Clerk that he cannot pay it, until I obtain a new pension Certificate.

Certificate; and my circumstances are such as to make it very important to me that I should receive my pension as soon as possible
I have further to request, that my new Certificate, or whatever may be the proper document, may be sent as soon as made out to the care of Saml. J. Prescott Esq. of Boston, Massachusetts.
Very respectfully, I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedt. servant,
Uriah Goodwin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. City of Boston April 1 st 1826
I hereby certify that the foregoing letter was subscribed by Mr. Uriah Goodwin in my presence and the truth thereof declared on oath before me the

The day & year aforesaid and in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office at said Boston the day & year aforesaid.
J. F. Prescott, Notary Public Guntner & Laurens

I Uriah Goodwin of Boston formerly a resident of Burlington in the State of Massachusetts, but now of Bedford in said State, an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of 18. March A.D. 1818, being already an invalid pensioner of the U States under the Act of Congress passed April 20. 1796 - having been informed by the Dist. Clerk that my papers are returned by the Secretary of War, in order that I should send on my original certificate of pension before I can receive the benefit of the above act of 18. March 1818 - Do now on oath declare, that I never had a Pension Certificate, but that being informed by Judge Lowell late District Judge of Massachusetts, that I was placed on the Invalid pension Roll, I have always received my pay by applying at the War Office in Boston & by making Affidavit before a Justice of the Peace, as by a printed form herewith annexed,
Uriah Goodwin
Mass. District Ct. Boston 23. April 1819. Then personally appeared the above named Uriah Goodwin and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing

Affidavit by him subscribed in my presence Before me Walter Davis Justice of Peace for the County of Suffolk & Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Massachusetts District.

89 Pearl St., Charlestown, Mass., Apr. 18, 1899
To the Bureau of Pensions, Gentlemen:
Will you be kind enough to give me all that you may have of my Great- Grandfather, Uriah Good- win of Bedford, Middle- sex Co., Mass., who served in the Revolutionary War , & received a pension? He was wounded in the War, & had a ball enter his heart & come out in the back.
By so doing you will greatly oblige, Yours truly, (Rev.) Alfred E. Mullett.

am Provo City, Utah. March 6th., 1899.
Bureau of Pensions, Department of Revolution, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:- I am preparing a sketch of the life of Justus Goodwin, whose father— Uriah Goodwin—I am told, was a soldier of the revolution. I wish to obtain all avail- able information respecting this Uriah Goodwin, and have been directed to write to the Bureau as addressed above. I do not know what steps are necessary to secure the information desired, or whether or not there will be expense connected with it. I enclose stamp for reply which I trust will put me in a way to get any information which may be in the possession of the Department.
Cordially Yours,
(Rev.) S. H. Goodwin

D.W.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2998 Esther Goodwin Uriah Widow With Goodwin Pre-Rev. War.
Act. Feb. 3. 1858.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr 3 99 S.H. Godwin Provo City Utah
May 19'99 a E Missouri Chu Reston Mass

Boston. Massachusetts.
October 25 th 1839.
Sir
Your letter dated 22 d Inst. is received. relating to Mrs Esther Goodwins request to have copies of Micah Goodwin, her late Husband's papers forwarded to me, to aid her in obtaining this States Bounty, as expressed in my letter of the 17 th Inst. In reply to your communication I would observe that, Mrs Goodwin has gone home to Bilerica, and therefore cannot without incurring some three or four Dollars expenses return to address a letter in person to the Department, and would only repeat again the substance contained in my letter of the 17 th Inst. I herein enclose her affidavit, appended to which is proof of her identity; and on that point is all that is required by this Commonwealth, by whom this claim is ultimately to be adjusted. Be pleased to return the enclosed document, with your answer to her request.
Very Respectfully Sir I am Your Ob t Servant
Reuben Baldwin
James L. Edwards Esq r Commis r . of Pensions Washington

Boston Mass. April 22. 1853.
Sir,
I enclose the papers in the claim of Mrs. Esther Goodwin, widow of Uriah Goodwin, for a pension under the act of Feb 3. 1852.
The husband of the applicant was a pensioner at the rate of $96 per annum, but as one of the tours of service performed by him was in the Artillery, and continued nearly three years, the widow will of course be entitled to some increase of that rate.
The certificate may be sent to her at this place to my care.
I am Very Respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t . Thomas Campbell.
Hon. Lorin P. Waldo. Com t of Pensions.

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Boston May 18, 1855.
Sir
Please find enclosed two applications of Revolutionary pensioners for bounty land under act of Mar. 3. 1853.
Very Respectfully Thomas Campbell
Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Oct. 22. 1839
James L. Edwards Esqr Commr of Pensions Washington

Boston, Massachusetts
October 17 th 1839
Sir
I am requested by Mrs Esther Goodwin, to solicit a certified copy of the application papers & accompanying documents of Uriah Goodwin deceased, which were forwarded in support of his claim to a pension under the Act of Congress of March 18 th 1818, to enable her to claim the State Gratuity of $50, which she considers herself entitled to as the lawful widow of said Uriah Goodwin deceased, who was a pensioner of Middlesex County in this Commonwealth. Your compliance will oblige an indigent & respectable woman.
Very Respectfully Sir I am Your O bt Servant
Reuben Baldwin
James L. Edwards Esq r Comm'r of Pensions Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
March 29 1853.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name Uriah Goodwin is borne on a list of men who engaged in 1781, for three years or S.M. from Middlesex Co. He enlisted April 1, from Woburn, 22 yrs. of age, 5ft. 3 in. dark. Engaged for 3 years.
By the records of certificates of final settlement, No. 249462 appears to have been issued to him in Crane's Regt. of Arty. Issued Jan'y. 1. 1784.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
C. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Brief in the case of Esther Goodwin, widow of Uriah Goodwin Suffolk County and State of Massachusetts act 3 rd February, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Substant of Claimant was a pensioner under the Act 18 th March, 1818, at $96 per annum. In his application service was proved of over two years as private of artillery. He died March 13, 1832. Had he lived until after the passage of the act of June 7, 1832 he would have been entitled under its provisions to a pension of $100 per annum. His widow has con- (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Sequently been allowed that amount.
Marriage proved by attested copy of Town Record.
Thomas Campbell Esq. Boston,
Name and residence of Agent
Mass.
Rhedy
Examining Clerk.